Environmental Education

NRS engages the community in myriad Environmental Education projects ranging from in-classroom school offerings to public workshops and outreach. Projects aim to engage and educate local residents and students about water conservation, salmonid stream health and storm water runoff through tools such as rain barrel water catchment, rain gardens, low impact development (LID) and best managment practices (BMP), water quality testing, and other hands-on educational exercises. 

Through Explore the Coast State Coastal Conservancy funding, NRS will be launching several concurrent projects in the near future. NRS will once again be able to promote south Eureka’s Hikshari’ Trail with a popular family-friendly ‘Explore the Coast’ event featuring free boating and environmental education activities. During school year 2016-2017, NRS will be working with Eureka High School (EHS) students in the development of a QUEST (natural and cultural history scavenger hunt with patch prizes) for the Hikshari’ Trail. Furthermore, EHS students will be assisting on the development of a series of ‘Explore the Coast’ film shorts highlighting natural and cultural aspects along the Eureka Waterfront Trail for a newly launched web application for the California Coastal Trail.